Police respond to medical incident in West Ashley

UPDATE: Police now say the earlier reported shooting wasn't actually a shooting at all. Officials say the call turned out to be a resident in medical distress. Officials say the distress was not life-threatening. He was assisted by EMS and transported for further evaluation, police say.

Officers originally responded to a reported shooting on Briarcliff Drive in West Ashley early Wednesday morning, a supervisor with Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch confirmed.